Texans select Vanderbilt LB Zach Cunningham in Second Round

After addressing the team’s biggest offensive need by trading up for Clemson quarterback DeShaun Watson in the first round of the 2017 NFL draft, the Houston Texans used the No. 57 pick in the second round to fill their biggest defensive need by drafting Vanderbilt inside linebacker Zach Cunningham.

Cunningham, 6-foot-3, 234 pounds, is an ideal 3-down inside linebacker who excelled for the Commodores as a run stopper with speed to shoot the gap and get to the ball. Even in a stacked conference, Cunningham made the All-SEC first-team in each of the past two seasons.

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